Nissan Motor Co. will sharply expand production in North and Latin America by 2015 to meet robust sales in overseas markets and avert a loss resulting from a stronger yen.   About 70% of the 1.4 million vehicles to be sold in those two markets are produced at Nissan’s American factories. As a result of the expansion, 85% of vehicles ...

  Toyota Tsusho (trading arm of Toyota Motor Corp.) will open a new industrial complex in Jakarta to promote its parts suppliers’ advance into Indonesia. The new factory buildings at the new site will be open by June 2012, and will run trucks to carry parts to help reduce the subcontractors’ overheads.   It will also provide bus and restaurant ...

  Edaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn Bhd (ETCM) held a celebration last Saturday on its move to their new showroom in the up-and-coming premier contemporary lifestyle commercial centre, Southgate, in Cheras.   Speaking on the occasion, Executive Director of ETCM, Dato’ Dr Ang Bon Beng said, “We decided to move the ETCM Cheras showroom which was located in Jalan Cheras ...

  If you can recall recently about Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) being awarded as winner of the Distributor of the Year 2010 at the 2011 Global Distributors Convention that was held in Banff, Canada. As promised, the Malaysia’s Hyundai distributor now starts rewarding all its customers on their next visit to any of Hyundai’s authorised service centre starting from 1st ...

A couple of days ago, Honda Malaysia announced a recall to owners of Stream 2008YM, 2009YM and 2010YM of a product update campaign. The campaign aims to address a technical irregularity involving the water pump pulley bolts, which is caused by the burr formed around the periphery of the bolt-mounting hole. There are a total of 1,494 units involved in ...

Nissan Motor Co. announced a 50 billion Yuan ($7.7 billion) expansion plan for China from 2011 to 2015. It expects to increase sales to 2.3 million vehicles by 2015 from 1.28 million last year. This is also part of a global strategy to focus on faster-growing emerging markets and reduce reliance on the United States.   Nissan did a 50-50 ...

As part of Samsung marketing campaign in Thailand, the South Korean consumer electronics giant put in a Porsche Boxster 987 taxi in Bangkok to advertise Samsung’s new Galaxy S II smartphone. This viral marketing campaign had successfully drawn many attentions in the city of Bangkok.   Check out the YouTube video below.  

A couple days ago, Porsche posted a video of the all-new 2012 Porsche 911 carry hot weather testing in South Africa by Porsche engineers.     Inside the teaser video, some Porsche fans spotted the 7-speed manual transmission. Based on the photo above, you will find the extra lines going up and to the right at the end of the ...